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Today’s News; Hobbit nears $1 billion Mark, Andy Serkis’ Imaginarium, Tolkien’s LOTR Cover Design, and much more!!

To read about the current and projected Domestic and International sales totals for ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ click here.

For information about Andy Serkis’ new ‘Imaginarium’ motion capture studio click here.

Click here to be reminded of J. R. R. Tolkien’s original cover designs for the Lord of The Rings trilogy.

Click here to check out LOTRPROJECT.com’s interactive analysis of Tolkien’s works.

Black Milk Clothing has come up with a line of print dresses with designs from the Lord of The Rings Movies. Check them out here.

In advance of The Oscars, WETA Digital has posted a new video demonstrating some of the effects used in The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’. The video can be viewed here.

Click here to read about a big winner on a ‘The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship’ slot machine. Could this be one of the slot machines questioned in the Tolkien Estate’s lawsuit?

Weekend Update; How to Tell the Dwarves Apart: A Flowchart, Tolkien’s Estate Countersued , Jackson and Walsh assist a Tourist, Autographed LOTR First Editions sold at Auction, Pricey Orcrist now available.

In order to make it easier to identify the 13 Dwarves in ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ the LOTR Project has come up with a simple flowchart. The flowchart can be found here.

The battle over merchandising rights to ‘The Lord of The Rings. and ‘The Hobbit’ has gotten more confusing now that a countersuit has been recently filed. Details can be found here.

Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh have recently come to the aid of a German Tourist who’s vehicle was robbed while she was on a Lord of The Rings Tour. the Details can be found here.

An autorgraphed First edition set of The Lord of The Rings trilogy has just been sold at auction for £24,000. The details can be found here.

Weta is now taking orders for a made to order, limited edition, Orcrist replica. Details on the $9,900 sword can be found here.

CoE News; Perrott’s Folly saved, Sir Ian to become Dr. Sir Ian, Hobbit catches 2 LOTR films, Lawsuit update.

Perrot’s folly, the Birmingham tower thought to have inspired Orthanc, has been purchased by a Charity group that hopes to turn it into a venue and exhibition center for young artists. For more information click here.

Sir Ian Mckellan is about to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Ulster. Details can be found here.

‘The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’ has now surpassed both ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ and ‘The Two Towers’ in worldwide earnings. More information can be found here.

For a reminder of what is at stake in the Tolkien Estate’s marketing lawsuit click here.

Weekend Update; One Ring Timeline, Oldest Action Heroes, Middle-earth PSA’s, Oxford’s Tolkien Weekend, The Cast’s spare time activities, and ‘The Hobbit’ as a ‘Golden Book’.

To view Emil Johansson’s graphic timeline for the One Ring, click here.

If you like to see which of the actor’s, from Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth films, made Total Film’s list of the 50 Oldest Action Heroes click here.

Gamer Site ‘Dorkly’ has come up with eight humorous Middle-earth Public service announcements. They can be found here.

In March, Oxford University will be running a three day ‘school’ on all things Tolkien. For details click here.

To see James Nesbitt and Aidan Turner discuss wht some of the cast of ‘The Hobbit’ films did in their spare time click here.

For an idea of how ‘The Hobbit’ might have looked as a children’s ‘Golden Book’ click here.

News update; Legal analysis of Bilbo’s ‘Burglar’ contract, LOTR music arranged for the Piano; How the Hobbit could have ended; SNL’s Hobbit Sequel Parody, and much much more

To read a Lawyer’s analysis of Bilbo’s contract click here. (submitted by Calil_Gadien96)

If you are interested in playing some of the Music featured in the LOTR movies on your piano, click here for a review of ‘Top 50 Movie and TV Classics: Easy Piano’.`(submitted by BerethEdhellen)

For `The Mary Sue`s view of;  How The Hobbit Should have Ended`, click here. (submitted by BerethEdhellen)

Click here for Saturday Night Live`s take on Hobbit sequels.

Movie News; The Making of The Goblin King, Gollum, and Azog

Cinema Blend has just posted 3 short video featurettes, narrated by Weta’s Joe Letteri, that demonstrate and explain some of the techniques used in the CGI creation of The Goblin King, Gollum, and Azog. SPOILER ALERT. To read the article and watch the videos click here.

Fan Transcript of ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ Now Available

The fans at ‘gplus.to/TheHobbitMovies’ have recently completed a complete transcript of ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’. SPOILER ALERT- Interested fans can click here to read this transcript for themselves.

News Update; Oscar and BAFTA nomiees announced; Tolkien Movie Actors on the Small Screen, The Hobbit meets the Office; and much much more.

Although ‘The Hobbit; an Unexpected Journey’ was shut out of the top categories for both the Oscars and the BAFTA awards, the film did receive three nominations from each group. To see the complete list of nominees click here for the Oscars and here for the BAFTAs.

Click here to see the humorous parody; “The Office; an Unexpected Journey’.

For a diehard fan’s explanation of how she started collecting Tolkien memorabilia, click here.

Must we become ‘Hobbits’ to survive the climate apocalypse?. Click here for an article on a possible future.

To read about where may of the actors from Peter Jackson’s Tolkien adaptations have appeared, on the small screen, click here.

Tuesday News Update; Hobbit Taken Out by Chainsaw; VES Award Nominees; Why The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,` Didn’t Creep Me Out; Where`s Dominic Now?; and Why Tolkien’s Birthplace Not a Tourist Trap

For a summary of the weekend box office standings click here.

Click here to see the Visual Effects Society awards for which ‘The Hobbit; An Unexpected Journey’ was nominated.

You can click here to read a commentary from a reviewer who prefers ‘The Hobbit’ movies over ‘The Lord of The Rings’.

Click here to read about BBC America`s new show, starring Dominic Monaghan.

You can click here to read why `The Hobbit`movies are not attracting many tourists to Tolkien`s birthplace.

News roundup on ‘The Professor’s’ Birthday

Today, Jan 3rd, 2013 would be J. R. R. Tolkien’s 121st birthday, so we’ll start this news roundup with an explanation, from The Tolkien Society, on the proper way to celebrate with a birthday toast. The explanation can be found here.

For Tolkien’s birthday The Christian Science Monitor decided to post 10 important quotes from his books. The quotes can be found here.

Now, for a little bit of humor click here for the video;”Fellowship of the Ringwraiths’ and here for an article about the video.

Click here for an article about a ten year old asking an obvious question concerning the movie.

For an article about reviewers forgetting the importance of fairy tales click here.

For an article about Peter Jackson paying tribute to sound editor Mike Hopkins, who recently passed away, in a rafting accident, click here.

For an article explaining how Tolkien’s world influenced his writing click here and for a discussion of possible Christian themes in The Hobbit’ click here.

Peter Jackson always makes a cameo appearance in his films. In his most recent movie his cameo was dificult to spot as he was made up as a Dwarf in a crowd of Dwarves. To see the cameo, click here.

For a story about a rumored, but unlikely to be built, Hobbit Theme Park, click here.